Dictionary Definition
involuntary adj
1 not subject to the control of the will;
"involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an
involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They
sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy [syn: nonvoluntary, unvoluntary] [ant: voluntary]
2 controlled by the autonomic nervous system;
without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an
involuntary start" [ant: voluntary]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
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Translations
Without intention; unintentional
- Finnish: tahaton
- German: unabsichtlich
Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to
explicit will or desire; unwilling
- Finnish: vastentahtoinen
- German: unfreiwillig
Translations to be checked
- ttbc French: involontaire
- ttbc Interlingua: involuntari
- ttbc Portuguese: involuntário , involuntária
References
Extensive Definition
Can refer to;
Smooth
muscle, which are the source of involuntary movements.
Transfiguration
of Vincent, a music album by M. Ward.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
at odds, automatic, averse, binding, blind, casual, compulsive, compulsory, conditioned, cursory, dictated, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, forced, fractious, gut, ill-advised, ill-considered,
ill-devised, imperative, impulsive, inadvertent, indeliberate, indisposed, indocile, inevitable, inherent, innate, instinctive, instinctual, libidinal, mandatory, mechanical, mutinous, natural, necessary, obligatory, opposed, perfunctory, recalcitrant, reflex, reflexive, refractory, required, resistant, snap, spontaneous, subliminal, sulky, sullen, unadvised, uncalculated, unconscious, unconsenting, unconsidered, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, undeliberate, undeliberated, undesigned, unguarded, unguided, unintended, unintentional, unlearned, unmeant, unmeditated, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprompted, unpurposed, unstudied, unthinking, unthought-of,
unwilled, unwilling, unwitting